Facebook India appoints Sunil Abraham as Public Policy Director for Data and Emerging TechAs part of the public policy leadership team, Abraham will contribute to important policy development initiatives and proceedings in India ...
How its success is beginning to turn into a problem for Facebook in IndiaBetween Facebook and Whatsapp, the company has not only found wide acceptance by customers, it has also been successful in staving off unfa...
40+ NGOs write open letter to Zuckerberg to take 'decisive action' on Facebook India's biasIn the letter, dated September 9, the NGOs stated the link between content on Facebook and offline violence in India is 'no secret' but art...
Members of fact-checking team of Facebook left-leaning: BJP leadersA general view, cutting across party lines, also emerged in the meeting that there was a need to make changes in laws to regulate some aspe...
‘We lit a fire to Modi’s social media campaign,’ wrote Facebook’s Ankhi DasA report in the Wall Street Journal newspaper claims that a day before the BJP swept to victory in the 2014 general elections, Facebook pub...
Congress calls for a 'thorough enquiry' into Facebook after new Wall Street Journal reportSocial media strategists for the Indian National Congress' 2014, and 2019 election campaigns say they didn't personally see any bias, but i...
Post hate speech controversy, Facebook conducts townhall with Indian employeesFacebook's employees in India have apparently been conveyed the message that controversies like the one around company’s policy on hate spe...
RTI activist Saket Gokhale plans to file injunction petition in Bombay HC against FacebookDas, Facebook’s public policy director for India, South and Central Asia, did not respond to an email seeking comment till press time Tuesd...
View: Why is BJP not bristling at what Facebook’s Ankhi Das has to say about BJP leaders and the BJP government?Facebook has steadfastly refused to accept the responsibility for content that a publisher, such as a mainstream news organisation or a new...
Facebook representatives have appeared before house committeesA few months ago, the Ankhi Das-headed Facebook India representatives were summoned and appeared before two parliamentary committees, inclu...
Facebook employees internally question policy after India content controversy: ReportFacebook employees are raising questions about whether adequate procedures and content regulation practices were being followed by the Indi...
Facebook BJP favour row: FB executive Ankhi Das files police complaint, cites online threatsAs per media reports, Das has said in her complaint that since the evening of August 14, she has been receiving violent threats to her life...
At ET Women's Forum, FB India's Ankhi Das gave some advice: Ladies, see yourself as economic assetsFacebook India's public policy director wants women to set goals for themselves.
Facebook to encourage women startups in techWomen empowerment in India can't happen till social issues are separated from economic ones.
'SheMeansBusiness, and we help her get there'Over the past year, we have gone to the grassroots in six states, addressing questions from women on how to set up a Facebook page, how to ...
Facebook launches election tracker app for IndiaThe 'India Election Tracker' is a new dashboard that will track mentions of candidates and parties throughout the election period.
New Facebook feature 'Register to Vote' to attract first-time votersThe feature aims at attracting the 17 million first-time voters, who are in the age group of 18 or 19 years, to participate in the electroa...